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Clearing System error LED (amber) on Disk Enclosure

Troubleshooting


Problem

When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that the unit has a fault, such as in a power supply, ESM, or hard disk drive. However, in some occasions, this is not cleared up and stays on lit even if the faulty component has been replaced

Symptom

In some occasions, System error LED (amber) is not cleared up and stays on lit even if the faulty component has been replaced

Diagnosing The Problem

The following (and not limited to) commands may show if there are existing issues in the appliance

1) 'nzhw -issues' to show current HW issues

2) 'nzpush -s */1 encl show -all' to check for PSU, ESM or Hard Disk slot errors


* - number of SPA affected

Resolving The Problem


If all steps have been exhausted to diagnose if there is a disk enclosure related HW issue, follow the below steps to clear the system error LED (amber)

STEPS:

1) Stop NPS (it is a best practice to generate a nzhostbackup before stopping NPS)
$nzstop
2) Power cycle; power-off/power-on the S-blades and the storage groups

2.1) power OFF S-blade Chassis
$/nzlocal/scripts/rpc/spapwr.sh -off all
2.2) power OFF storage groups
$/nzlocal/scripts/rpc/spapwr.sh -off all -j all
- wait for 5 minutes; to allow enough time to clear system error LED

2.3) power ON storage groups first
$/nzlocal/scripts/rpc/spapwr.sh -on all -j all
- wait for 5 minutes before power ON S-blade Chassis

2.4) power ON S-blade Chassis
$/nzlocal/scripts/rpc/spapwr.sh -on all

3) Start NPS
$ nzstart

4) Check system for HW issues
$ nzhw -issues
$ nzpush -s */1 encl show -all

5) Validate with SSR onsite if the disk enclosure system error amber LEDs has gone.

* - number of SPA affected

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 October 2019

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